Have you or someone you know used a hospital for any reason? Describe the problem and which hospital it was. Watch the video How to choose a hospital by Consumer Reports. Link to Video: htt

1) Have you or someone you know used a hospital for any reason? Describe the problem and which hospital it was. Watch the video How to choose a hospital by Consumer Reports.
Link to Video: https://www.consumerreports.org/video/view/healthy-living/patient-safety/1276836617001/choosing-a-good-hospital/
2) If you have not had any hospital experience, select a hospital in your area to review.
3)Using criteria (https://losangeles.networkofcare.org/pr/library/article.aspx?hwid=abo4375) for selecting a hospital, find ratings (https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings) for this hospital and explain if this is a good or bad hospital? If the hospital is not listed, see if you can find anything on-line about your selected hospital.
Link for hospital: https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/ca/fountain-valley-regional-hospital-and-medical-center-6930765#rankings
4) Did you find JCAHO ratings or reports on this hospital or any safety? Look at the Goals on the Joint Commission document (https://www.jointcommission.org/-/media/tjc/documents/standards/national-patient-safety-goals/2021/npsg_chapter_hap_jan2021.pdf) and decide which one is most valuable to you.
5) Which criteria is the most important to you to select a hospital? If you had a problem with a hospital what would you do? Report a problem. (https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/patient-safety-topics/report-a-patient-safety-concern-or-complaint/)
6) The Social Determinants of Health: after listening to the lecture on Political Economy, and the extra video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UK7NrHOsmA) explaining the social determinants of health, what solution can you offer to help resolve health disparities?
Reference: consumers health